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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, according to the narrator, is at the "head of the social system" in Puritan times?
(a) Clergy.
(b) Witches.
(c) Governors.
(d) Doctors.

2. When Dimmesdale exclaims, "O Thou to whom I dare not life mine eyes," whom is he addressing?
(a) Chillingworth.
(b) Hester.
(c) Wilson.
(d) God.

3. Where was Hester's "happy infancy and stainless maidenhood?"
(a) Amsterdam.
(b) Rural England.
(c) Bustling London.
(d) Salem.

4. "Hester at her WHAT" is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) Wit's End.
(b) Confession.
(c) Needle.
(d) Bedside.

5. With what kind of natural objects has Pearl decorated herself in Chapter 18?
(a) Maple leaves.
(b) Sand and driftwood.
(c) Wildflowers.
(d) Seashells.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in Chapter 5, is referred to as "the figure, the body, the reality of sin?"

2. Which character seeks to make him or herself "the one trusted friend, to whom should be confided all the fear"?

3. What, at the end of Chapter 11, is the "only truth" for Dimmesdale?

4. Why do most Puritans fast, according to the narrator?

5. What is the title of Chapter 18?

(see the answer key)

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